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it started right here on the banks of the detroit river in detroit, michigan, and yes, that is a giant nasty pile of something called pet coke. back in may "the new york times" highlighted what they described as a black mound of canadian oil waste rising over detroit. that oil waste is something called petroleum coke, a high sulfur, high carbon waste by-product of canadian oil sands. the pet coke that residents started spotting was put there by a company that owned it, a company call koch carbon, owned by the koch brothers. they started piling up all of this pet coke on banks of the detroit river before preparing to ship it off to other countries to be used as fuel. in addition to be a hideous eye sore, the pile also posed a potential health risk. we've got some video shot last month. look at this. look at that along the banks of the detroit river showing the black dust from the pet coke pile being kicked up in a storm that hit the area and just spreading everywhere. that black dust started blowing into nearby homes in detroit coming right through the windows. one local resident tellin
it started right here on the banks of the detroit river in detroit, michigan, and yes, that is a giant nasty pile of something called pet coke. back in may "the new york times" highlighted what they described as a black mound of canadian oil waste rising over detroit. that oil waste is something called petroleum coke, a high sulfur, high carbon waste by-product of canadian oil sands. the pet coke that residents started spotting was put there by a company that owned it, a company call...
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paid to the detroit's retirees and spouses. retirees are fighting back in court, but as that plays out it's a waiting and worry. connie is 6 64 years old. she was married to a police officer who died nine years ago she was receiving pension from his benefit. connie, thank you so much for being with us. first of all my mother would admire you because you live a frugal live. you haven't worked. you're getting your husband's pension, and you live frugally. but now this is a problem. you could make it on that $25,000 a year which is half as much as more americans could make it on, but now you're worried where that is going to come from. >> right. >> what are your options? what are you thinking about? >> well, i've already talked to my son and my daughter-in-law that if i have to i could always back in and live with them, but i'm 64, i really don't want to live with my son and five kids. if i have to, i have to. >> this is a tough thing. you just heard the story that my friend duarte did about the firefighters in west virginia. your
paid to the detroit's retirees and spouses. retirees are fighting back in court, but as that plays out it's a waiting and worry. connie is 6 64 years old. she was married to a police officer who died nine years ago she was receiving pension from his benefit. connie, thank you so much for being with us. first of all my mother would admire you because you live a frugal live. you haven't worked. you're getting your husband's pension, and you live frugally. but now this is a problem. you could make...
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outside detroit in the states and around the world. so the direct impact on the industry will be quite, you know, minimal, but the people that work for gm live in detroit and obviously that's an area of concern for us, but, you know, from the perspective of auto sales and the performance of the industry and its employment, you'll not see much of the impact if any. >> we'll leave it there. thank you so much. we'll see you soon. >>> coming up next, what does the earnings report mean for ben bernanke. former fed governor randall kroszner will give us his take. >>> then he was once the richest man. iky batista has lost some $33 billion in 16 months. we'll find out what happened. >>> then millions of time warner customers are less than an hour away from losing all cbs programming. 'll get the very latest. >>> plus, oscar-winning actor george clooney is not in the air when it comes to dan loeb, the activist investor. he's slamming dan loeb for what he sees as meddling in the sony movie business. stay with us. we'll be back in a moment. a tal
outside detroit in the states and around the world. so the direct impact on the industry will be quite, you know, minimal, but the people that work for gm live in detroit and obviously that's an area of concern for us, but, you know, from the perspective of auto sales and the performance of the industry and its employment, you'll not see much of the impact if any. >> we'll leave it there. thank you so much. we'll see you soon. >>> coming up next, what does the earnings report...
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. >> detroit deserves to have unfriendly residents right now. i don't even think it has to do with politics. it has to do with -- well. it has to do with politics. the city is bankrupt and the whole 9 yards. the one that gets me frustrated is anaheim. the happiest place on earth is based there. disneyland, how can that be an unfriendly city? >> have you been outside of disneyland? >> anaheim is beautiful. >> anaheim has a gang problem. a lot of these other cities have gang -- >> anaheim has a disneyland problem. the happiest place on earth if you want to die a slow death while getting melanoma in a line for a ride you don't want to go on. >> i'm sorry. happy children, happy mom. >> the last i checked disney owns abc. i will say whatever i want. >> i like disney. >> right? happy kids, happy mom. >> unfortunately i am not allowed in disney after what happened on the tea cup. >> i will tell you something, lori rothman, walt disney did not like you. >> that's not true. >> learn your history. go and ask his frozen head. not a fan of the jews. it's tr
. >> detroit deserves to have unfriendly residents right now. i don't even think it has to do with politics. it has to do with -- well. it has to do with politics. the city is bankrupt and the whole 9 yards. the one that gets me frustrated is anaheim. the happiest place on earth is based there. disneyland, how can that be an unfriendly city? >> have you been outside of disneyland? >> anaheim is beautiful. >> anaheim has a gang problem. a lot of these other cities have...
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so the excuse that the government can't help detroit continues to funnel billions of dollars and other countries doesn't quite add up you see the people that create the wealth in this country deserve a piece of the pie and that should be top priority. these days it seems that big brother is really it's ugly head around every corner of the planet invading nearly every aspect of our lives and well two thousand and twelve saw an unprecedented growth in technology capable of dropping needs in the most innocuous of places two thousand and thirteen is proving to be even worse but whenever something has the ability to be used as a spine device it's also vulnerable to being hacked so to go over the vast reach of big brother today i'm joined now by b.t.s. producer emmanuel got off a low man but a lot. of those crazy. drop in papers so let's talk about networks because i think this is probably the biggest revelation in the wake of the n.s.a. leaks and just realizing how expansive the spying grid really is not just across america but across the world just i mean absolutely that's what we were lea
so the excuse that the government can't help detroit continues to funnel billions of dollars and other countries doesn't quite add up you see the people that create the wealth in this country deserve a piece of the pie and that should be top priority. these days it seems that big brother is really it's ugly head around every corner of the planet invading nearly every aspect of our lives and well two thousand and twelve saw an unprecedented growth in technology capable of dropping needs in the...
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are facing near poverty that's four out of five adults struggling to make ends meet and just look at detroit which recently filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history that it close to twenty billion dollars and yet all we hear is that there is nothing the government can do to help restore american cities if it means public employees losing their pensions or an indefinite and the basic public services and look don't get me wrong i'm not suggesting that american taxpayers should be bailing out every city that files for chapter nine what i am saying though is that the government's priorities are completely out of whack remember when we were told that bailing out the largest corporations in financial institutions that caused the great recession was necessary to save. the economy well we were hoodwinked because not only was that completely untrue but the seven hundred billion dollars so-called rescue was actually more like twelve point eight trillion according to bloomberg so where all the money really go here's rep alan grayson asking for much fed chairman ben bernanke to account for
are facing near poverty that's four out of five adults struggling to make ends meet and just look at detroit which recently filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history that it close to twenty billion dollars and yet all we hear is that there is nothing the government can do to help restore american cities if it means public employees losing their pensions or an indefinite and the basic public services and look don't get me wrong i'm not suggesting that american taxpayers should be...
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didn't do anything about detroit, 47% illiteracy rate, didn't do anything about camden, new jersey. south central, send your kid to south central, they could see the hippy commune. how about reality. figured i have money, i can send my kids somewhere safe where they can grow up, won't advocate for other kids having a shot at the same thing. >> i am all for choice. advocate for change, whatever it is. he does agitate me. >> what a washing machine does. >> he can send his kid where he wants, why can't all parents have that option, parents that don't make the money he does on movies. he speaks for teachers, it is hypocritical, but what's worse, he supports leaders and politicians who do not empower choice for parents to pick schools. this is a great opportunity for president obama, charter school, to reach out on education and he hasn't done it. it is another missed opportunity. send your kid to private school, just let other parents be able to do the same. >> greg, president obama did reach out to charter schools. first thing he did, pulled the plug on students in washington, d.c. and
didn't do anything about detroit, 47% illiteracy rate, didn't do anything about camden, new jersey. south central, send your kid to south central, they could see the hippy commune. how about reality. figured i have money, i can send my kids somewhere safe where they can grow up, won't advocate for other kids having a shot at the same thing. >> i am all for choice. advocate for change, whatever it is. he does agitate me. >> what a washing machine does. >> he can send his kid...
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we need one detroit. so while we're glad that "morning joe" came in to talk about detroit and he talked to a number of individuals, absent the input of individuals like us from the neighborhood and from the community, it's important to have that other strategy. we want downtown development, ed. we want people to be employed. but after the bankruptcy, after kevin orr is no more, where do we go from here? where are the jobs? what about the pensions that the people have worked so hard for? where is the money coming in to build rebuild the and the neighborhoods? those questions are yet to be determined and to be asked. as we see the development of downtown, there's a lot of development going on downtown. as we see new stadiums coming in, as we seed individuals buying up buildings for their personal use and to employ certain individuals. as we see all this happening, we also need to see and to make sure that the neighborhoods are brought to the table because if you don't bring the neighborhoods to the stable,
we need one detroit. so while we're glad that "morning joe" came in to talk about detroit and he talked to a number of individuals, absent the input of individuals like us from the neighborhood and from the community, it's important to have that other strategy. we want downtown development, ed. we want people to be employed. but after the bankruptcy, after kevin orr is no more, where do we go from here? where are the jobs? what about the pensions that the people have worked so hard...
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we note that detroit, 41% poverty rate. oakland 21%. st. louis, 27%. the ten most dangerous cities in the untry happen to have of the highest, most elevated poverty numbers in the country. >> yeah. poverty, unemployment. failure, drops out from school. guess what? a high percentage of minorities. i hurts my heart. wayne, this is what you need. you need leadership to come in and speak to kids who are not advancing, not making process and get involve with the gang activity. this is how they will prove they are somebody in this world. that is a losing prescription. you have to believe in education and a job and building a resume. i don't think that this is a mystery. if you want to make it in america. >> eric: jonathan, there is a -- >> yeah, even make minimum wage job to keep a young person out of trouble and focus on producing on the future. no question the gang pointed out. thereis less likely to be this violent crime in a stronger economy. young people are, of course, we have unemployment, a youth unemployment rate north of 18%. young people are less
we note that detroit, 41% poverty rate. oakland 21%. st. louis, 27%. the ten most dangerous cities in the untry happen to have of the highest, most elevated poverty numbers in the country. >> yeah. poverty, unemployment. failure, drops out from school. guess what? a high percentage of minorities. i hurts my heart. wayne, this is what you need. you need leadership to come in and speak to kids who are not advancing, not making process and get involve with the gang activity. this is how they...
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detroit, the average pension in detroit is under $20,000. cops in ann arbor cost 50% more than cops in detroit. >> well, this is an attack on organize the labor. >> absolutely. >> it's an attack to really break down the voting bloc as well. there's a number of different accomplishments that could come to fruition throughout all of this. >> yes. >> it all starts with the bankruptcy and it all starts with a takeover of an election. it's really sad what's going on. i hope america pays attention. thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> marriage equality comes to the keystone state of pennsylvania. we talk to a pennsylvania mayor who's leading the charge. >>> and senator marco rubio heads to his home turf with a phony grassroots campaign. we'll look at what really -- what he hopes to accomplish, ahead. >>> next, i'm taking your questions on "ask ed live." that's my favorite segment. and if you do it. and your friends do it. and their friends do it... soon we'll be walking our way to awareness, support and an end to alzheimer's di
detroit, the average pension in detroit is under $20,000. cops in ann arbor cost 50% more than cops in detroit. >> well, this is an attack on organize the labor. >> absolutely. >> it's an attack to really break down the voting bloc as well. there's a number of different accomplishments that could come to fruition throughout all of this. >> yes. >> it all starts with the bankruptcy and it all starts with a takeover of an election. it's really sad what's going on. i...
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to the core issues that need to be discussed in this community or you'll have more cases of this in detroit and chicago, my inner city home of atlanta, georgia, all over the place. now is the time we have to start making them stand up and not just stand out when they feel like they want to. >> and we do that how, just shaming them? >> you've got to call them out. if you don't call them out. if you don't say we're watching you, paying attention to what you're doing, they are going to continue to skate free. hopefully we can bring them to the table on this issue. and the next time they try to cherry pick an issue, we should see them as irrelevant. >> reverend jesse jackson was confronted by this. he said the difference in the zimmerman case, there was a death? >> these young men probably would have killed this young fellow as well. again, the deaths are in chicago. >> why isn't he in chicago. >> you've got to ask him. the thing is as we're having the discussion, maybe jesse jackson is listening. >> maybe reverend sharpton. hold your breath. >> not for long. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you.
to the core issues that need to be discussed in this community or you'll have more cases of this in detroit and chicago, my inner city home of atlanta, georgia, all over the place. now is the time we have to start making them stand up and not just stand out when they feel like they want to. >> and we do that how, just shaming them? >> you've got to call them out. if you don't call them out. if you don't say we're watching you, paying attention to what you're doing, they are going to...
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detroit? no, no. mongolia town, home of the motown sound. ( singing loudly ) ( clucking tongue ) you are all crazy! the answer is buenos aires! hokkaido! cleveland! bangkok! people! people, please. you're forgetting what the olympics are all about-- giving out medals of beautiful gold so-so silver and shameful bronze. ( groaning and muttering ) i have here a letter from a little girl named lisa simpson. she says her town might not be important enough to host the olympics but she asks if the torch could just pass by
detroit? no, no. mongolia town, home of the motown sound. ( singing loudly ) ( clucking tongue ) you are all crazy! the answer is buenos aires! hokkaido! cleveland! bangkok! people! people, please. you're forgetting what the olympics are all about-- giving out medals of beautiful gold so-so silver and shameful bronze. ( groaning and muttering ) i have here a letter from a little girl named lisa simpson. she says her town might not be important enough to host the olympics but she asks if the...
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to philadelphia, baltimore, it's 51 degrees right now in detroit. i mean, it's jacket weather in the great lakes this morning. beautiful afternoon, though, enjoy this. this looks to stay with us right through the weekend. from chicago to minneapolis to new york. a great little stretch. boston will be nice, too, by the way. >> i saw leaves falling. >> that's probably a dead tree. >> they shouldn't be falling this early. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe we're tra tracking breaking news from egypt. a live report. >>> when we come back here -- the cooler. not sure if it was possible that san diego mayor bob philner may have hit bottom. a city business that is now banning him. we'll be right back. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this&is gonna be
to philadelphia, baltimore, it's 51 degrees right now in detroit. i mean, it's jacket weather in the great lakes this morning. beautiful afternoon, though, enjoy this. this looks to stay with us right through the weekend. from chicago to minneapolis to new york. a great little stretch. boston will be nice, too, by the way. >> i saw leaves falling. >> that's probably a dead tree. >> they shouldn't be falling this early. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on morning...
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jon: well right now in detroit a call for all hands on deck. city leaders asking residents to help save that bankrupt city and part of that means going street by street, building by dilapidated building, tearing them down to make room to build a better detroit. garrett tenney in detroit now with the latest on that. garrett? >> reporter: jon, there are tens of thousands of abandoned homes like this one all across the city of detroit. that led to an increase in crime, a decrease in property values, and a precious drain on those city funds. so officials are saying, by tearing it all down, it will clear the path to bring detroit back up. stay away and scrappers will be shot. signs like these are a common sight in neighborhoods all across the motor city where there are more than 78,000 abandoned homes, most of them fallout from the housing crisis. more than 30 of those homes are on robert couch's small street and have become magnets for squatters, scrappers and criminals. >> bring our neighborhood down, our community down. it ain't no community. we
jon: well right now in detroit a call for all hands on deck. city leaders asking residents to help save that bankrupt city and part of that means going street by street, building by dilapidated building, tearing them down to make room to build a better detroit. garrett tenney in detroit now with the latest on that. garrett? >> reporter: jon, there are tens of thousands of abandoned homes like this one all across the city of detroit. that led to an increase in crime, a decrease in property...
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and he is taking the narrative from detroit, michigan. it is okay if a city goes bankrupt. as long as we can break the unions, screw the workers and blame it on them and let the rich people run free i can tell you if. this guy is the media darling. he may be one of the toughest media commentaries that has ever been blistered on this guy but dam it, he deserves it. he the people who have worked in the city for 30 years and earned a pension. this narrative that the conservatives are playing out, now in the richett city in america, you know what? you are the problem the biggest voting bloc, the biggest social networking machine the democrats have is organized labor. they're doing everything they can to destroy it across this country. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. does mayor michael bloomberg care more about wall street? or workers? you can always go to our blog at msnbc.com and leave a comment there. we'll bring you the results later in the show. >>> how do you turn your back on an american worker? how do you make the case to the public that people t
and he is taking the narrative from detroit, michigan. it is okay if a city goes bankrupt. as long as we can break the unions, screw the workers and blame it on them and let the rich people run free i can tell you if. this guy is the media darling. he may be one of the toughest media commentaries that has ever been blistered on this guy but dam it, he deserves it. he the people who have worked in the city for 30 years and earned a pension. this narrative that the conservatives are playing out,...
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. >>> also, is new york city on the brink of a detroit-style bankruptcy? new york city has been on the brink in the past. the warning from the mayor mike bloomberg that just came down. a question that's surfacing today, is this real? is this really where new york city is today, or is this somehow just a scare tactic from the mayor? we're live with that story next. ♪ ♪ we've been bringing people together. today, we'd like people to come together on something that concerns all of us. obesity. and as the nation's leading beverage company, we can play an important role. that includes continually providing more options. giving people easy ways to help make informed choices. and offering portion controlled versions of our most popular drinks. it also means working with our industry to voluntarily change what's offered in schools. but beating obesity will take continued action by all of us, based on one simple common sense fact... all calories count. and if you eat and drink more calories than you burn off, you'll gain weight. that goes for coca-cola, and eve
. >>> also, is new york city on the brink of a detroit-style bankruptcy? new york city has been on the brink in the past. the warning from the mayor mike bloomberg that just came down. a question that's surfacing today, is this real? is this really where new york city is today, or is this somehow just a scare tactic from the mayor? we're live with that story next. ♪ ♪ we've been bringing people together. today, we'd like people to come together on something that concerns all of us....
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finally check out the rowdy fans at the detroit tigers and cleveland indians game. let's go tigers cheers could not overcome chance of detroit's bankrupt. what a low blow. but detroit, they did get the last laugh. winning the game in the 14th inning, 6-5. they came out on top. >> last laugh indeed. >>> and now it's time for our first look at politics on this thursday morning. we go back to our top political stories. joining us as he does every thursday, bob franken. bob, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with this news about obama not attending the meeting with putin in september. are we seeing beginnings of a new cold war here? >> it's a real shame because the last one went so well. i was so looking forward to another of the jovial photo ops. but it seems to me that cold war is sort of sneaking up on us just a little bit although just about all the parties would deny it. let us not forget that president putin is a project of the kgb. so there is still a lot of sentiment in russia, some hard feelings between the two countries. so, yes, i think we have to
finally check out the rowdy fans at the detroit tigers and cleveland indians game. let's go tigers cheers could not overcome chance of detroit's bankrupt. what a low blow. but detroit, they did get the last laugh. winning the game in the 14th inning, 6-5. they came out on top. >> last laugh indeed. >>> and now it's time for our first look at politics on this thursday morning. we go back to our top political stories. joining us as he does every thursday, bob franken. bob, good...
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the average negligence detroit -- average pension in detroit is $19,000. hardly lavish. the pensions and i would argue we have to save detroit. >> neil: a lot of cities in line. i'm not blaming unions. a lot of inept imaginer -- managers that let his happened but unfunded high schools that can't -- unopportunitied liabilities. you have a host of other u.s. cities in arrears, a number of states on the brink. where do you draw the line? >> the problem in detroit is similar to other stays and that's a conscious effort to deindustrialize america. these are primarily industrial cities. and when we moved production offshore, we lost good-paying jobs -- >> neil: i understand that but it happened. we can blame a lot of people. but it's done. now what do you do to correct that? >> and we lost two-thirds of the population. there's no enter prize in america that can do well,. >> neil: where is the money going to come from? >> we bailed out the banks. and those folks are doing better now than they've ever been. >> neil: bailed out the auto company. >> we gave them a bridge loan. so
the average negligence detroit -- average pension in detroit is $19,000. hardly lavish. the pensions and i would argue we have to save detroit. >> neil: a lot of cities in line. i'm not blaming unions. a lot of inept imaginer -- managers that let his happened but unfunded high schools that can't -- unopportunitied liabilities. you have a host of other u.s. cities in arrears, a number of states on the brink. where do you draw the line? >> the problem in detroit is similar to other...
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it is interesting because we do look and say it for the detroit. i don't think people realize they are sitting on something very similar. >> this is something that is going to happen in cities and states all across america. what we see in detroit is a precursor for the fiscal calamities that are going to occur because of unsustainable pensions and unaffordable health care costs. these have added up and we will have to pay for it one way or the other. liz: we are talking about is pensions, what we haven't talked about are the health benefits owed to government workers. i think the american people, the viewers think of themselves we are and are breaking point with property taxes and we won't pay for necessities have to merge with each of the. we are seeing that in california where cities are merging to take care of the cost of urban sprawl which is too expensive and doesn't work. >> these costs of course are not going away no matter how you restructure its things and you're absolutely right. when it comes to health care costs the unfunded liability f
it is interesting because we do look and say it for the detroit. i don't think people realize they are sitting on something very similar. >> this is something that is going to happen in cities and states all across america. what we see in detroit is a precursor for the fiscal calamities that are going to occur because of unsustainable pensions and unaffordable health care costs. these have added up and we will have to pay for it one way or the other. liz: we are talking about is pensions,...
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in detroit anymore. the guy on the left of your screen here is dave bing who is the mayor of detroit elected by the people in 2009. he's not running again for the position and i think i know why. the guy on the right is kevin ohr, detroit's emergency manager, he was never elected to his position, he was put in place by michigan's governor. he makes 75% more than the governor makes. whatever he wants, detroit does because he is the emergency manager not the elected leader and emergency managers get to run that city now, not the people who get elected. so tomorrow we'll go through the motions, more than a than a doz will be running in a primary to become detroit's next powerless figurehead mayor who can't do anything. the top two finishers regardless of party will move on to the general election in november and that will give the people of detroit another chance to take part in a pointless exercise in fake democracy that ought to be called a pageant and not an election. and although maybe it's not a bad id
in detroit anymore. the guy on the left of your screen here is dave bing who is the mayor of detroit elected by the people in 2009. he's not running again for the position and i think i know why. the guy on the right is kevin ohr, detroit's emergency manager, he was never elected to his position, he was put in place by michigan's governor. he makes 75% more than the governor makes. whatever he wants, detroit does because he is the emergency manager not the elected leader and emergency managers...
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in detroit anymore. the guy on the left of your screen here is dave bing who is the mayor of detroit elected by the people in 2009. he's not running again for the position and i think i know why. the guy on the right is kevin ohr, detroit's emergency manager, he was never elected to his position, he was put in place by michigan's governor. he makes 75% more than the governor makes. whatever he wants, detroit does because he is the emergency manager not the elected leader and emergency managers get to run that city now, not the people who get elected. so tomorrow we'll go through the motions, more than a dozen candidates will be running in a primary to become detroit's next powerless figure as mayor. finally, speaking of mayoral elections, is it true or false that a town in minnesota has just re-elected for a second mayoral term a 4-year-old boy? is that true or is that false? true. the place is dorsett, minnesota, population 28 on a good day. assuming nobody's on vacation or on a business trip. but one d
in detroit anymore. the guy on the left of your screen here is dave bing who is the mayor of detroit elected by the people in 2009. he's not running again for the position and i think i know why. the guy on the right is kevin ohr, detroit's emergency manager, he was never elected to his position, he was put in place by michigan's governor. he makes 75% more than the governor makes. whatever he wants, detroit does because he is the emergency manager not the elected leader and emergency managers...
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it started here in detroit. right here in detroit. everybody -- [inaudible] some of us have a little place upnorth. the middle class. [inaudible] middle class. middle class. >> host: is there anything people like george mcgreger did wrong over the years that lead to this? >> guest: absolutely. i think there's at love blame to go around. the unions are not blameless. there was a time they had a lot of extras going on. i mean, actually george described weren't able to use in the film he described a program called the homework hotline. every employee's child could call and get help with a homework. that's really nice. but that costs money. and the vacation days, sick leave, there were people in the path that did fall down on the job. it was too hard to fire people. there was a time for sure it was too bloated. with management, you know, taking sort of producing sub par cars and paying themselves too much. overall the industry behaved as a cartel at times. refusing to make small cars, saying you could never make money on small cars. honda
it started here in detroit. right here in detroit. everybody -- [inaudible] some of us have a little place upnorth. the middle class. [inaudible] middle class. middle class. >> host: is there anything people like george mcgreger did wrong over the years that lead to this? >> guest: absolutely. i think there's at love blame to go around. the unions are not blameless. there was a time they had a lot of extras going on. i mean, actually george described weren't able to use in the film...
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talking about votes, though, today is the primary day in detroit. and your workers and members are under particular assault in this emergency management, and now bankruptcy in detroit. and detroit is being used as a symbol of attack by the right wing. let me show you -- let you hear rush limbaugh in an attack he has been making when he was talking to fox news about detroit last week. >> that town has been a petrie dish of everything the democratic party stands for. everything the democratic party loves. massive unions, massive pensions, pay people pensions and health care long after they've stopped working. the math doesn't add up. you have massive welfare states where citizens are given things left and right in order to buy their votes. >> limbaugh on the right going right after the people's pensions, right after workers rights. it is a real wall with working class people in detroit. >> it is. and i think that rush needs to be educated on the right of issues. let's deal with the fax. first of all, nobody is arguing about the fact that detroit is ex
talking about votes, though, today is the primary day in detroit. and your workers and members are under particular assault in this emergency management, and now bankruptcy in detroit. and detroit is being used as a symbol of attack by the right wing. let me show you -- let you hear rush limbaugh in an attack he has been making when he was talking to fox news about detroit last week. >> that town has been a petrie dish of everything the democratic party stands for. everything the...
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>> hie, yeah, charles, on the detroit thing, because i'm from detroit, i'm in detroit. i have to say one thick about that check. yes, we know that was a big mistake, one million in the drawer, you know, kind of like the 13 billion dollars that went poof in the bush administration in iraq. >> nancy, come on. nancy. >> you know, what was not breaking news, what was not national news is we had an election, a mayor primary, the election last week, and in the city of 80% black population, a white guy, a write-in won, a guy who turned around eight hospitals, mike dougin won in a city of 80% african-american people. why is that not big news? that, you know, somebody because of the fiscal abilities was elected by the people of detroit, so to just say go back to the old, oh, a check missing in the drawer. >> in reality, though, to talk about fixing anything, i don't care what it is, an alcoholic or whatever it is, first and foremost, admit you have a problem. i think you, to a certain problem did that by electing someone that may be the city might not have elected before. this i
>> hie, yeah, charles, on the detroit thing, because i'm from detroit, i'm in detroit. i have to say one thick about that check. yes, we know that was a big mistake, one million in the drawer, you know, kind of like the 13 billion dollars that went poof in the bush administration in iraq. >> nancy, come on. nancy. >> you know, what was not breaking news, what was not national news is we had an election, a mayor primary, the election last week, and in the city of 80% black...
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. >> robert with the latest on detroit's art collection. now, about 45 minutes to go before the closing bell and dow is sitting down about 45 points. >> big news out of china. the government there reportedly considering its one-child-only policy -- or reconsidering, which could have a huge global economic impact. that story is next. >>> then, the street battle that seems to be targeting hedge fund bill ackman is heating up again. now, george's fund is involved and now ackman is throwing out accusations like insider trading. we'll get you the details on that. >>> and another hedge fund battle, the fallout after george clooney's harsh words for dan loeb saying wall street guys know nothing about the movie business, but who funds much of the movie business? we'll talk to a hollywood movie producer about where the movie money comes from and how much of it is from wall street. you may be surprised by those facts. [ male announcer ] come to the lexus golden opportunity sales event and choose from one of five lexus hybrids that's right for you, in
. >> robert with the latest on detroit's art collection. now, about 45 minutes to go before the closing bell and dow is sitting down about 45 points. >> big news out of china. the government there reportedly considering its one-child-only policy -- or reconsidering, which could have a huge global economic impact. that story is next. >>> then, the street battle that seems to be targeting hedge fund bill ackman is heating up again. now, george's fund is involved and now...
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for the first time at a plant near detroit. ford hired 1400 new workers for the plant which will produce 350,000 vehicles per year, 30% more than at its factory in mexico. >>> and finally, nintendo cutting the price on the wii-u game console to compete better with the new xbox 1 and playstation 4. nintendo is launching a new lower priced hand-held device. the 2d is in time for holidays. >>> speaking of minimum wage, four strippers have filed a class action lawsuit in colorado federal court. they claim their employer fantasy gentleman's club in grand junction had violated federal and state minimum wage laws. a 23-story tall delta 4 heavy rocket was launched on wednesday from california's vandenberg air force base. the classified payload is expected to be a billion-dollar spy satellite. >>> starbucks is selling a swarovski encrusted mug. >>> and a popular television commercial selling insurance was the inspiration behind this in florida for this business. they actually brought no man the camel to work. the occasion? hump day! wel
for the first time at a plant near detroit. ford hired 1400 new workers for the plant which will produce 350,000 vehicles per year, 30% more than at its factory in mexico. >>> and finally, nintendo cutting the price on the wii-u game console to compete better with the new xbox 1 and playstation 4. nintendo is launching a new lower priced hand-held device. the 2d is in time for holidays. >>> speaking of minimum wage, four strippers have filed a class action lawsuit in colorado...
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jhonny peralta, detroit tigers. a great job. another name you have to look out for. could impact the team. and then everth cabrera. another up and coming, all-star caliber player, another guy that could be on the list. several others on the list. what people need to remember, these are the big names that could impact pennant races now. >> let's talk how many game suspensions, what are you hearing? >> could be basically remainder of the regular season. they want to get these done. if any of the teams make the playoffs, major league baseball wants the guys eligible for the post season. or maybe the teams want them to be able to come back and play in the toast season. it's important that they try to get the suspensions handed down. ryan braun was 65 games. regular season. post season. nelson cruz, a guy they want to get back. jhonny peralta, they want to get him back. >> tell us about the teams that will be hurt right now. >> the rangers, if texas loses nelson cruz. the team's struggled since losing josh hamilton to free agency. the yankees -- any third baseman right no
jhonny peralta, detroit tigers. a great job. another name you have to look out for. could impact the team. and then everth cabrera. another up and coming, all-star caliber player, another guy that could be on the list. several others on the list. what people need to remember, these are the big names that could impact pennant races now. >> let's talk how many game suspensions, what are you hearing? >> could be basically remainder of the regular season. they want to get these done. if...
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ink detroit. >> thinking detroit, we're going to take up that issue later here in the broadcast with a congressman who wants the federal government to step in, do you think that that is going >> the house of representatives and the senate are not going to allow the president to throw american taxpayer money at detroit or other failed cities. detroit has had decades of warnings. they were spending too much, regulating too much, driving people out othe city, governing poorly. they didn't care, they thought they would be bailed out, they thought other people would pay for their mistakes and the answer is no. enough cies and many states have begun to turn themselves around on unfunded pension liabilities and civil service costs. those stat, utah and wisconsin and new jersey and louisiana, those states are not goin to loot their taxpayers to pay for cities and sates that didn't do anythingo take care of themselves. not ppening. >> and let's turn nowto immigration. word out today, breitbart.com reporting they have corroborating sources saying congressman bob goodlatte is ready to rescue t
ink detroit. >> thinking detroit, we're going to take up that issue later here in the broadcast with a congressman who wants the federal government to step in, do you think that that is going >> the house of representatives and the senate are not going to allow the president to throw american taxpayer money at detroit or other failed cities. detroit has had decades of warnings. they were spending too much, regulating too much, driving people out othe city, governing poorly. they...
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detroit, around 80 for a high. >> this weather report has been brought to you by devry university. now, just as i told you, one of our chief meteorologists at our columbus afill yas, has a daughter, paige. she's 7 years old. >> this is what my dad does. i'm bill kelly. we're going to have nasty thunderstorms by ohio, cleveland, washington state and by st. louis. we're going to have a major thunderstorm warning, also in st. louis. and we're going to have a major tornado in washington state and also you do not want to get by that red line. i'm bill kelly reporting. back to you, bob. >> you do not want to get hit by that big, red line. >> can i get a head shot from her dad? great. >> is there a meteorological term for the red line? >> the paige line. >> this segment is going to put you out of a job. >>> ellen's new gig. we're going to tell you how she landed one of the most stressful jobs in all of show business. >>> you're looking at one of the most rare and coveted culinary inventions on the planet, according to dan harris. taste testing the ramen burger according to dan harris. tas
detroit, around 80 for a high. >> this weather report has been brought to you by devry university. now, just as i told you, one of our chief meteorologists at our columbus afill yas, has a daughter, paige. she's 7 years old. >> this is what my dad does. i'm bill kelly. we're going to have nasty thunderstorms by ohio, cleveland, washington state and by st. louis. we're going to have a major thunderstorm warning, also in st. louis. and we're going to have a major tornado in washington...
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the mayor says new could be the next detroit. coming up next, what he says could put the city on a path to bankruptcy. and her husband made the ultimate sacrifice. why the wife of an arizona firefighter killed in the line of duty is fighting for benefits. any last requests mr. baldwin? do you mind grabbing my phone and opening the capital one purchase eraser? i need to redeem some venture miles before my demise. okay. it's easy to erase any recent travel expense i want. just pick that flight right there. mmm hmmm. give it a few taps, and...it's taken care of. this is pretty easy, and i see it works on hotels too. you bet. now if you like that, press the red button on top. ♪ how did he not see that coming? what's in your wallet? ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. [ female announcer ] know that gotta go feeling? ask your doctor
the mayor says new could be the next detroit. coming up next, what he says could put the city on a path to bankruptcy. and her husband made the ultimate sacrifice. why the wife of an arizona firefighter killed in the line of duty is fighting for benefits. any last requests mr. baldwin? do you mind grabbing my phone and opening the capital one purchase eraser? i need to redeem some venture miles before my demise. okay. it's easy to erase any recent travel expense i want. just pick that flight...